The INTENSE Military Gunfight That Led To The Downfall of Blackwater

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[jasonbritt]

I was part of the unit that eliminated those responsible for killing his guys in 2004 he described in the burning Mitsubishi.
It’s crazy he mentioned that DHL plane bc I remember watching it get hit with the rocket and crash landing on fire as well.
What he doesn’t mention when he’s explaining how the Iraqi patriots were warning the US of Iran in 2007 and how that changed the war. 1. He’s totally right, I was over there again in 2007 on a MITT team and our Iraqi counterparts working with us warned us of the same exact thing. It was sent up the chain and nothing was done. Eventually this culminated in the Shia uprising by Mahdi Militia supported by IRG Iranian republican guard. We were extended by another 3 months and it was all out fighting harsher than the initial invasion or Fallujah. What made it worse the military didn’t vent the Iraqi officers or interpreters very well and when all this started more than 3/4 of the Iraqi officers turned out to be working for the militia and many interpreters had been gathering intel for the Iranians, even to the point of stealing soldiers mail to get their home addresses in attempts to threaten their families back home.

[prhopzm]

Wow....I love to hear these first hand accounts. Much different than the crap our government gives us.

[mallymall]

The downfall of “Blackwater” renamed to XE services, renamed to Academi now Constellis Holdings

[cacrowther]

Typical government. Our men and women die for nothing while politicians sit comfortably at home.

Total respect for our soldiers from me.

[ChrisWilliamsREI]

Dude, I can’t believe your Clips channel is closing in on a million subscribers! It’s been amazing watching your growth Shawn!

[nicolep]

THE PROBLEM IS THAT, WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE GONE TO IRAQ.

[Cen-vxrp]

Marine here, 31st meu, yeah that one. These blackwater guys were trigger happy war tourists. Multiple prior incidents but agree army dropped the ball racing to Baghdad for medals instead clearing prior cities. Shoulda also just put the kurds in charge and bounced by 2005.

[shortroundoifusmc]

March 31, 2004 changed my life. 5 days later I found myself assaulting Fallujah during the night.

[wrs]

Erik Prince's two interviews have been in my top 5 favorite casts you've done Shawn.

Would love to see you have Sonny Puzikas on sometime.

[QuisUtDeus]

I was in baghdad from 06 - 07 and it was definitely not anything remotely peaceful. We were MPs not intantry and we were still getting into it at least once a week and my IP station was right outside the green zone. If you had to go into Sadr City for anything you were guaranteed to get into it. Just driving on route michigan / cardinals or route irish was bad.

We had to QRF for blackwater a few times especially where tampa and irish met. It was a rough time

[happydappyman]

That's nice, the government knew what was going on and refused to save lives (or even further the mission) by stopping it. That's a classic move right there

[MrBullet]

Probably my favorite interview so far.

[DarkArtsDeepDive]

Kind of crazy how all the men formed a militia and started killing the soldiers who invaded their country.

[spldrong]

Dude, you are killin it. I cant even keep up with all of your podcasts

[hughbo]

Politicians, and those removed from the day to day, really don't think front line people know what is going on. Good leaders listen to those seeing the situation first hand.

[peterkoutros]

It really makes me sick that we sacrificed so much for that stupid war in Iraq... So many Americans lives.

[mh]

As a contractor running low profile ops from O4 - O7 across Iraq, the tactics that Blackwater employed were high profile and very aggressive, amongst what was essentially a civilian populace. Us and numerous other companies would actively avoid the BW teams who essentially became bullet magnets! Yes there was an anti-western sentiment amongst facets of the population although BW did themselves no favours in the way they approached their taskings!

[esquire]

Yup, a swamp creature that never spent time over there made an uninformed decision

[espin]

Dude!!! You keep BRINGING IT with all your guests!!! I LOVE THIS CHANNEL

[marktorres]

Shaw has been killing it it’s amazing to see how fast he has grown